Ramesh

I read this story about Prince Manvendra. And it was an amazing story. India’s only openly gay prince discusses coming out and turning his pink palace into a centre for at-risk LGBT+ people. ‘People in the community tell me their mothers have threatened to kill themselves if they are gay. They do not want their …

Sign this link https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/211232 At 10,000 signatures… At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to this petition The GMC has been an independent regulatory body which has been funded by doctors paying Annual retention fees. However, given that the main aim of the GMC is to protect patients whilst regulating practice of doctors, the GMC should …

Dear family and friends, Can you sign this for me? In a nutshell, Ntambwe is a person from the Congo living in this country. He was detailed last week by the Home Office and will be returned back to the Congo within days if we don’t act now. It’s important for Ntambwe to stay in …

I was appalled when I read this article on the treatment this trainee is getting. She is a trainee just like many of you who read this website. When systems are broken, we should be trying our hardest to fix those systems rather than blaming individuals excessively and trying to get them struck off. …

A GP in our area wrote the following…. “Sorry to send this group email- I know everyone’s inbox is already full to the brim but I felt I should pass on this request to take action…. over 1/6 of my salary is going on MDU costs and I only work 5 sessions (salaried). The cost …

Put General Practitioners on the Home Office’s ‘Shortage Occupation List’ https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200523 GP Practices in rural areas struggle to recruit doctors, forcing many surgeries to close. There are many GPs from outside the EU who would like to work in the UK. However, Practices can’t offer them a job without going though the visa bureaucracy, and …

A colleague asked the question about how we can reach out to trainers more widely and spread the word on Leadership. Many educators gave some really good suggestions but I thought to myself, how could we check the validity of this information. So, I set up a survey to try and decipher what …

This is an interesting post I came across today. I hope many of you like it too. We all get jittery of the thought of patients recording our consultations. But actually, it is also THEIR consultation. This post highlighted to me the fact that patients might want to record consultations for positive reasons rather than …

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